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Die Autorin vergleicht im vorliegenden Buch die Berichtserstattung der globalen Nachrichtensender der westlichen Welt BBC World und CNN Internati-onal mit dem Sender Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera English ist der erste englisch-sprachige Nachrichtenkanal aus dem Nahen Osten, der via Satellit weltweit empfangbar ist. Aus seinem Selbstverständnis heraus möchte er versuchen, westliche Sichtweisen herauszufordern und einen "anderen Blick" auf die Weltereignisse zu werfen. Anhand der Berichterstattung zum Islam wird im vorliegenden Band geprüft, ob sich dieses Selbstverständnis in den Programminhalten tatsächlich widerspiegelt. Dazu wurden über einen dreimonatigen Zeitraum 707 Nachrichtenbeiträge der Sender inhaltlich und formal miteinander verglichen und Themen und Stereotype in der Islam-Berichterstattung offen gelegt.

[Italiano]: "Voice to the voiceless" è lo slogan che ha accompagnato nel 2006 il lancio di Al Jazeera English, finanziato dal'emirato del Qatar come l'omonimo canale in arabo, per proporre un punto di vista mediorientale sulle notizie direttamente nella lingua della globalizzazione. In un post-11 Settembre segnato da conflitti militari e identitari Al Jazeera English ha avuto il merito di introdurre un modello di informazione conciliatorio, lontano dai sensazionalismi e allo stesso tempo decentrato, o meglio dai molti centri, tutti localizzati in un `Sud` definito per opposizione al `Nord` culturalmente e politicamente egemone. Questo libro esplora le relazioni contraddittorie tra il canale e i modelli dell`informazione anglo-americana; tra le spinte democratizzanti dell`emittente, come durante le rivoluzioni del 2011, e le politiche del suo stato finanziatore; tra le aspirazioni universaliste e i nuovi regionalismi dell`informazione televisiva transnazionale. Questioni che vengono approfondite analizzando i contenuti del canale, in una prospettiva che mira ad arricchire il tradizionale approccio allo studio dell'informazione televisiva con quello della teoria postcoloniale e degli studi culturali ./[English]: "Voice to the voiceless" has been the slogan introducing the launch of Al Jazeera English. Like its Arabic sister channel, Al Jazeera English is funded by the Emirate of Qatar. Its mission is to offer a perspective of Middle Eastern affairs to a wide international audience, this time in the language of globalisation. In a post-9/11 era marked by military and identity conflicts, Al Jazeera English has had the merit to introduce a new model of television news that is "conciliatory", far from the polarised and hyperbolic ones, and at the same time de-centralised, shifting the focus to a 'South' defined in opposition to the culturally and politically hegemonic 'North'. This book explores how the channel adopts and yet reshapes the Anglo-American news standards; the contradictions between the channel's democratising push, as in the 2011 uprisings, and its funding state's conservatory policies; between universal aspirations and the new regional boundaries characterising the transnational news domain. These issues are all investigated analysing the channel's content, with a perspective that aims at enriching the traditional news media studies approach with views from postcolonial theory and cultural studies.

[Italiano]:"Voice to the voiceless" è lo slogan che ha accompagnato nel 2006 il lancio di Al Jazeera English, finanziato dal'emirato del Qatar come l'omonimo canale in arabo, per proporre un punto di vista mediorientale sulle notizie direttamente nella lingua della globalizzazione. In un post-11 Settembre segnato da conflitti militari e identitari Al Jazeera English ha avuto il merito di introdurre un modello di informazione conciliatorio, lontano dai sensazionalismi e allo stesso tempo decentrato, o meglio dai molti centri, tutti localizzati in un `Sud` definito per opposizione al `Nord` culturalmente e politicamente egemone. Questo libro esplora le relazioni contraddittorie tra il canale e i modelli dell`informazione anglo-americana; tra le spinte democratizzanti dell`emittente, come durante le rivoluzioni del 2011, e le politiche del suo stato finanziatore; tra le aspirazioni universaliste e i nuovi regionalismi dell`informazione televisiva transnazionale. Questioni che vengono approfondite analizzando i contenuti del canale, in una prospettiva che mira ad arricchire il tradizionale approccio allo studio dell'informazione televisiva con quello della teoria postcoloniale e degli studi culturali ./[English]: "Voice to the voiceless" has been the slogan introducing the launch of Al Jazeera English. Like its Arabic sister channel, Al Jazeera English is funded by the Emirate of Qatar. Its mission is to offer a perspective of Middle Eastern affairs to a wide international audience, this time in the language of globalisation. In a post-9/11 era marked by military and identity conflicts, Al Jazeera English has had the merit to introduce a new model of television news that is "conciliatory", far from the polarised and hyperbolic ones, and at the same time de-centralised, shifting the focus to a 'South' defined in opposition to the culturally and politically hegemonic 'North'. This book explores how the channel adopts and yet reshapes the Anglo-American news standards; the contradictions between the channel's democratising push, as in the 2011 uprisings, and its funding state's conservatory policies; between universal aspirations and the new regional boundaries characterising the transnational news domain. These issues are all investigated analysing the channel's content, with a perspective that aims at enriching the traditional news media studies approach with views from postcolonial theory and cultural studies.

Discusses the new Al-Jazeera English-language news channel. The channel's attributes & news credibility are lauded while also noting its almost complete lack of availability through US cable carriers. Adapted from the source document.

With national Western media as a point of departure, the literature on distant suffering emphasizes the geographical, cultural, and editorial distance between Western media professionals and viewers, and between both of those groups and the stories of suffering in the rest of the world. Through examples from the Qatari satellite channel Al Jazeera English, this article argues that mediated suffering can also be understood as something close to us. The channel literally goes closer and zooms in, exposes, personalizes, and authorizes the experience of suffering in conflicts and disasters. This construction of mediated closeness is suited to engendering strong feelings of compassion in media audiences, but it also serves to raise new ethical dilemmas in political argument and institutional strategy.

This article examines the role of the global news media in either furthering the balkanization of the global news environment or moving towards a globally connected and engaged aggregation of publics. Drawing on the results of a six-country study of media viewing habits, cultural, political and cognitive dispositions of viewers of Al-Jazeera English in comparison to viewers of CNN International and BBC World, the authors outline two findings: (1) viewers worldwide turn to particular broadcasters to affirm rather than inform their opinions, meaning the global news media are likely to reinforce existing attitudes and stereotypes of cultural 'others'; and (2) the longer viewers have been watching Al-Jazeera English, the less dogmatic they are in their thinking and thus more open to considering alternative and clashing opinions. The authors conclude by arguing that, when media jettison the principles embodied in 'war journalism', broadcasters can indeed have a latent yet substantial impact on fostering cross-cultural understanding and reconciliation.

This research paper aims to analyse and compare the role of two of the major television networks in international news coverage, Al-Jazeera English and CNN, in relation to one of the most important social movements of the last decade known as the Arab Spring. The study specifically focuses on Egypt during the coup of July 2013, when President-elect Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by the army after weeks of protests. Through a qualitative content analysis based on the framing theory, we will look at the position of both channels regarding a coup emerging from popular uprisings and identify the differences between the two channels. The results show frames matching the definition of conflict (crisis and coup), military power and the legitimacy of democracy. As for divergences, it highlights CNN's stance towards the coup as a necessary evil, while Al-Jazeera English takes a more Islamist approach and prefers to emphasize its democratic legitimacy. The transition to democracy in Egypt is not seen as a linear process of uninterrupted progress, but events such as the coup are seen as slight setbacks in the development of the conflict. These setbacks are a result of the dynamics of power in Egypt, where the military remain in charge above and beyond social movements ; La presente investigación tiene por objetivo analizar y comparar el posicionamiento de dos de las principales cadenas de televisión en cobertura informativa internacional, Al-Jazeera English y la CNN, ante uno de los movimientos sociales más importantes de la última década como han sido las denominadas Primaveras Árabes. El estudio concretamente se centra en Egipto, durante el golpe de estado de julio de 2013, cuando el presidente electo Mohamed Morsi es derrocado por el ejercito tras semanas de protestas. Mediante un análisis de contenido cualitativo, basado en la teoría del framing, comprobaremos cual es la postura de ambas cadenas ante un golpe de estado surgido a raíz de las protestas populares, e identificaremos las diferencias entre ambas cadenas. Los resultados nos muestran encuadres coincidentes como la definición del conflicto (crisis y golpe de estado), el poder militar y la legitimidad de la democracia. En cuanto a divergencias destaca el posicionamiento de la CNN ante el golpe como un mal necesario, mientras Al-Jazeera English se acerca a posturas islamistas enfatizando su legitimidad democrática. La transición hacia la democracia en Egipto no es vista como un proceso lineal de progreso ininterrumpido, sino que hechos como el golpe de estado son vistos como pequeños retrocesos en el desarrollo del conflicto. Estos retrocesos vienen dados por las dinámicas de poder en Egipto, donde el ejército continúa estando al mando muy por encima de los movimientos sociales

La presente investigación tiene por objetivo analizar y comparar el posicionamiento de dos de las principales cadenas de televisión en cobertura informativa internacional, Al-Jazeera English y la CNN, ante uno de los movimientos sociales más importantes de la última década como han sido las denominadas Primaveras Árabes. El estudio concretamente se centra en Egipto, durante el golpe de estado de julio de 2013, cuando el presidente electo Mohamed Morsi es derrocado por el ejercito tras semanas de protestas. Mediante un análisis de contenido cualitativo, basado en la teoría del framing, comprobaremos cual es la postura de ambas cadenas ante un golpe de estado surgido a raíz de las protestas populares, e identificaremos las diferencias entre ambas cadenas. Los resultados nos muestran encuadres coincidentes como la definición del conflicto (crisis y golpe de estado), el poder militar y la legitimidad de la democracia. En cuanto a divergencias destaca el posicionamiento de la CNN ante el golpe como un mal necesario, mientras Al-Jazeera English se acerca a posturas islamistas enfatizando su legitimidad democrática. La transición hacia la democracia en Egipto no es vista como un proceso lineal de progreso ininterrumpido, sino que hechos como el golpe de estado son vistos como pequeños retrocesos en el desarrollo del conflicto. Estos retrocesos vienen dados por las dinámicas de poder en Egipto, donde el ejército continúa estando al mando muy por encima de los movimientos sociales